Automatic billiard-cue chalker.



No. 673,094. v Patented Apr. 30, I90I. J. E. STONEMAN. AUTOMATIC BILLIARD CUE (WALKER.-

' (Application filed Jan. 11, 1901.) 1 (No Nodal.)

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JOHN E. sToNEMAN, or ALBANY, NEW YORK.

AUTOMATIC BlLLlARD-CUE CHALKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,094, dated April 30, 1901.

I Application filed January 11, 1901. Serial No. 42,856. v (No model.)

.citizen of the United States, residing at Al bany, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Billiard-Cue Ohalkers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apattached.

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pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device for automatically chalking billiardcues.

In the drawings, Figure-1 shows a top. plan view of my device set in its casing, the casing having its top removed to show the mechanism and being shown in horizontal section. Fig.2 shows a portion of the end of a billiard-table with my device shown in Fig. 1

A full description of lows:

In Fig. 1 the numeral 1 shows the box or casing. Inside this box is an electric motor 2 of the usual kind. 3 shows arms attached to either the boxor the'motor, as may be preferred, the outer ends having journal boxes or openings for the shaft of the gearwheel 5 to rotate in, said gear-wheel 5' meshing with the small gear 4, attached directly to On the front side of the gear-wheel 5 are clamps or holding devices 7, preferably spring-prongs, in which a piece of chalk 6 is firmly held. At 8 and 9 will be seen two electrical contact-pieces, preferably of spring metal, set in the stay block, as seen, so when in their normal position they will remain separated and so set in the entrance-opening for the billiard-cue that when the cue isiinserted it- Will force contact-piece 8 against piece 9 and thus complete the current and set the motor running. As the motor runs the gear-wheel 5 is rotated, which rotates the chalk 6, and when one 11 is entered far enough to strike the chalk its end is quickly and well chalked, while the dust my device is as folany other desired object in proximity to a v billiard-table.

My device (shown in Fig. 1) has a cover (not shown) by which the mechanism can be reached and the chalk renewed.-

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. An automatic electrically-operated billiard-cue chalker consisting of an electric motor connected to a source of power and a journal arranged to be rotated by the motor, said journal carrying chalk and rotating the same, the motor having contact pieces arranged to be out of contact normally, and arranged so that when a one is brought in contact with the chalk the one will press or force the contact-pieces together, complete the circuit and set the motor in operation and when the cue is removed allow the contacts to separate; break the circuit, and stop the motor substantially as described.

2. An automatic electrically-operated billiard-cue chalker consisting of an electric motor connected toa source of electrical power; chalk or its equivalent in operative connection with the motor and arranged so that the motor may give the chalk motion, the motor having contact-pieces normally separated and arranged so that when a one is placed against the chalk the contact-pieces will be forced to meet; complete the circuit, and set the motor in motion and when the one is withdrawn the contact-pieces will separate and break the circuit substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. STONEMAN.

Witnesses:

W. M. BROWN, JAMES M. BROWN. 

